title: A relational frame theory account of the emergence of sexual fantasy.
abstract: Sexual fantasy is common among humans and often serves to facilitate sexual arousal. Although some fantasies may be directly related to a person's past experiences, others may be unrelated to direct history, and these are thus more difficult to explain. Relational frame theory is a comprehensive account of human language and cognition that may assist in understanding the processes involved in the emergence of sexual fantasy. This article presents a primer on relational frame theory, along with examples of how relations between stimuli may influence a person's private experience of sexual fantasy.
authors.affiliation: a The Chicago School of Professional Psychology , Chicago , Illinois , USA.
authors.forename: Fawna M J
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Stockwell
authors.forename: Daniel J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Moran
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001143:Arousal; D003068:Coercion; D003142:Communication; D005201:Fantasy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007092:Imagination; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D012054:Reinforcement, Psychology; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D012747:Sexual Partners / Q000523:psychology; D014754:Violence